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1715616

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to local highways authorities on the criteria for the implementation of new road safety measures; and what flexibility those authorities have to act in response to multiple fatal incidents.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	24652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Local authorities have a range of road safety measures available to them and they are best placed to make decisions on implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/05/2024 14:57:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1715617

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Fylde Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Northern Rail's performance on the South Fylde Line.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	24653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>I recognise the importance of a reliable train service for the people and businesses of Blackpool. The department closely monitors the performance of Northern Trains and other operators and holds them to account for any performance issues under their control.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 13/05/2024 15:23:07 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1715618

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using low-carbon aircraft to support regional airports.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	24654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Airlines determine the routes they operate based on their own assessment of whether routes are commercially viable.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget confirmed that the Government’s support for the development of new low and zero carbon emission aircraft in the UK will continue with an additional £975m of funding between 2025 and 2030.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is supporting the development of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) by introducing a SAF Mandate from 1 January 2025 and the consultation on revenue certainty options to support investment in a UK SAF production industry.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 13/05/2024 11:16:45 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1600278

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Universal Service Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing public service obligation routes for air travel on regional connectivity.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	156115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Existing policy to support domestic connectivity provide public service obligations (PSOs) to protect routes into London that are in danger of being lost. The Government jointly funds three routes from Newquay, Dundee and Derry/Londonderry. In addition, 17 PSOs operate entirely in Scotland connecting the Highlands and Islands, funded by the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to consider how PSOs, alongside other policy measures, could help to meet regional connectivity, union connectivity and levelling-up objectives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/03/2023 13:57:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1419505

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to tackle the delays in the DVLA's handling of driving licence renewals and applications.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	117768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to apply for a driving licence is by using the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s online service. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their licence within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>On 4 February, there were 178,926 driving licence renewal applications that had taken ten weeks or more. The vast majority of these are applications where a medical condition must be investigated before a licence can be issued to ensure the required medical standards are met. In December, the Department for Health and Social Care asked the DVLA to stop sending medical questionnaires (excluding vocational applications) to NHS doctors in December and January to allow the NHS to focus all efforts on the vaccination booster programme. While referrals to doctors have now resumed, this has had an impact on turnaround times. It is important to note that the large majority of these drivers will be able to continue driving under Section 88 of the Road Traffic Act while they are waiting for their application to be processed.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 117769 117770 question first answered 10/02/2022 10:16:51 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1419506

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional resources his Department has made available to the DVLA to help it clear the backlog of driving licence renewals and applications.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	117769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to apply for a driving licence is by using the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s online service. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their licence within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>On 4 February, there were 178,926 driving licence renewal applications that had taken ten weeks or more. The vast majority of these are applications where a medical condition must be investigated before a licence can be issued to ensure the required medical standards are met. In December, the Department for Health and Social Care asked the DVLA to stop sending medical questionnaires (excluding vocational applications) to NHS doctors in December and January to allow the NHS to focus all efforts on the vaccination booster programme. While referrals to doctors have now resumed, this has had an impact on turnaround times. It is important to note that the large majority of these drivers will be able to continue driving under Section 88 of the Road Traffic Act while they are waiting for their application to be processed.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 117768 117770 question first answered 10/02/2022 10:16:51 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1419507

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people currently waiting more than the estimated 10 week turnaround for the renewal of their driving licence.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	117770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to apply for a driving licence is by using the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s online service. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their licence within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>On 4 February, there were 178,926 driving licence renewal applications that had taken ten weeks or more. The vast majority of these are applications where a medical condition must be investigated before a licence can be issued to ensure the required medical standards are met. In December, the Department for Health and Social Care asked the DVLA to stop sending medical questionnaires (excluding vocational applications) to NHS doctors in December and January to allow the NHS to focus all efforts on the vaccination booster programme. While referrals to doctors have now resumed, this has had an impact on turnaround times. It is important to note that the large majority of these drivers will be able to continue driving under Section 88 of the Road Traffic Act while they are waiting for their application to be processed.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 117768 117769 question first answered 10/02/2022 10:16:52 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1364985

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help improve the processing of driving licence (a) new and (b) renewal applications.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	67125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s online services are the quickest and easiest way to renew a driving licence. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their driving licence within a few days. However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application for a driving licence. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham to house more staff to help reduce waiting times while providing future resilience and business continuity.</p><p>The DVLA understands the impact that delays can have on people’s everyday lives and is working as quickly as possible to process paper applications and return people’s documentation to them.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 09/11/2021 11:35:38 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1299380

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Global Travel Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the representation of aerospace manufacturers in the work of the Global Travel Taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	162570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with the transport industry, the tourism sector, the aerospace industry and international partners to develop a roadmap to safely re-open international travel.</p><p>We are planning several round-table events with industry to encourage contributions to the work of the Global Travel Taskforce from a wide range of partners, including the aerospace industry. The Taskforce is due to report its recommendations to the Prime Minister by 12 April.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 11/03/2021 14:14:52 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1245482

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycleways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure both safe vehicle access and cycle safety when introducing new cycle lanes.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	106971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2020 answer text <p>On 28 July the Prime Minister launched ambitious plans to boost cycling and walking, with the aim that half of all journeys in towns and cities are cycled or walked by 2030. The plan includes a number of commitments which will deliver increased safety for cyclists, including the roll-out of segregated cycle lanes in towns and cities, a big increase in cycle training, higher safety standards for lorries and improved Cycle Infrastructure Design Guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The management of local roads, including provision of cycle lanes, is the responsibility of individual local traffic authorities. It is for them to ensure their streets are designed to provide safe movement for all road users. Design advice for cycling infrastructure, including cycle lanes, can be found in Local Transport Note 1/20 ‘Cycle Infrastructure Design’ which is at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-120" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-120</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 29/10/2020 14:00:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies